Category Archives: Workforce/Workplace Computing
Say What?
Recently I attended the IBM Security Systems Analyst Meet the Experts day in Heathrow. With[...]
Security: the oft-forgotten dimension
Computer security is a hot topic today, and much talked about. There are endless emanations[...]
Concerning Windows Phone and its relevance to the larger business
You could be forgiven for thinking that Microsoft has missed the boat with its Windows[...]
Desktop Virtualisation
Over the decades data centres and computer rooms have taken on many challenges in order[...]
Should you wait for a wall-to-wall Windows solution?
By Charles Brett Talking to end users and some vendors, especially from the mobile space,[...]
Is Windows-everywhere a serious option for the modern business?
By Dale Vile Businesses bought into Windows two decades go. Many IT professionals today, in[...]
Mobility Management Coming of Age
By Charles Brett 2014’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona brought together the mobile telephony infrastructure[...]
Controlling Application Access
Application performance, availability and security challenges are quietly creeping up in the context of internal[...]
Predictions for 2014
My views on market developments in 2014 are not sensational, I’m afraid. I offer them[...]
Will the CMO inherit the Earth?
By Dale Vile Two narratives concerning the CIO/CMO relationship are doing the rounds at the[...]
Are we barking up the wrong mobile data protection tree?
By Charles Brett Professional IT prefers disciplined approaches which back up, or copy, all enterprise[...]
Voice recognition in healthcare
By Dale Vile I first discovered dictation software back in 2001 when I ended up[...]
Social Business and unknown unknowns
By Charles Brett At an Analyst Briefing in London in late September IBM described what[...]
Device Proliferation and Data Fragmentation
By Tony Lock Bring your own device (BYOD) continues to attract considerable attention, but the[...]
Unintended Enterprise Mobile Errors
By Charles Brett The arrival of mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets and beyond, is[...]
Office 365 in context
By Dale Vile In the beginning there was Microsoft Office. Well, it sometimes seems that[...]
The End User Security Jigsaw
Organisations of all sizes are trying to understand the security implications of mobile working, device[...]
Why I chose the MacBook Air over the Surface Pro
By Dale Vile Writing about two totally different machines in the same blog post might[...]
Storage Anywhere and Everywhere
With more departmental applications, collaboration and sharing environments, and even cloud-based services, with access via[...]
BYOD beyond the noise
A lot has been said about the strategic advantages (and problems) of BYOD, but much[...]
Don’t forget the desktop
By Dale Vile Ask anyone in the industry about the future of end user computing[...]
Office Software Checkpoint
By Dale Vile The desktop productivity space has been dominated for many years by Microsoft[...]
Office 365 in Context
Users today are working in a highly connected manner, often across a range of different[...]